3.2% ▼ -82.6%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.5%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 3.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Areyonga · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Areyonga
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Areyonga (L) has some of the highest rates of unpaid care and housework among similar areas. While only 3.2% of people volunteer, more than half the population provides unpaid childcare, marking a significant shift in how the community spends its time.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very rare here, with only 3.2% of people participating. This is far below the 14.1% seen in both the Northern Territory and Australia, and it has fallen 15 points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common, with 52.7% of people caring for children, which is far above the national figure of 26.3%. This trend is reflected in other areas too, as 26.3% provide general unpaid care and 29.6% do at least 15 hours of housework weekly.
26.3% ▲ +180.7%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 26.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
52.7% ▲ +213.8%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 58.4%
- 2021: 52.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.6% ▲ +81.4%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 29.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
Defence service
People who served in the Australian Defence Force.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force. This is well below the Northern Territory rate of 5.2% and a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who have ever served in the Australian Defence Force (currently or previously).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Areyonga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL722007/areyonga/topic/community